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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Nine, The Gift of Tongues.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Professor Alan Snyder believes that autistic thought is:
(a) A form of schizophrenia.
(b) An extreme form of ordinary thought.
(c) Simple and immature.
(d) Bordering on insanity.

2. What two tests were given Daniel to diagnosis his epilepsy?
(a) Bloodwork and skin testing.
(b) EEG and MRI.
(c) CAT and MRI.
(d) X-ray and EEG.

3. Some scientists believe that metaphors may be the result of:
(a) Phonemic inflections of word sounds.
(b) Creative visual/spatial language.
(c) Synesthestic experiences and linguistic creativity.
(d) Higher level thinking in poets.

4. Many people on the autistic spectrum are very good at processing information in parts instead of holistically. This explains why Daniels is so good at:
(a) Counting.
(b) Computers.
(c) Writing.
(d) Proofreading.

5. When Daniel went alone to Nantes in France for ten days to stay with a French family, how did he cope?
(a) His anxieties made him return home early.
(b) He coped very well.
(c) He cried every night.
(d) He loved it there and refused to go home.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what experiment did Daniel participate with Dr. Gary Morgan in 2005?

2. As the Tammet family grew in size, what did they do to accommodate three additional children?

3. What made Daniel stop playing in chess tournaments?

4. Why are nouns Daniel's favorite parts of speech?

5. A brilliant painter who suffered from seizures was:

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